
games like
Death and Taxes
Death and Taxes leans Optimization (Systems & Chaos). Below: catalogued games with the closest cheat-test profile, and exactly where each one differs.
Matched first against: Point-and-click, Role-playing (RPG), Simulator, Strategy, Visual Novel - then ranked by cheat-test profile.
12 games like Death and Taxes
A cross-genre tag below means that pick didn't share a genre - it filled a slot on cheat-test profile alone.

Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Otherwise the profiles match closely.
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Trivial inputs.
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Radio tuning and walking demand no physical skill
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Walking and clue-clicking; demon stealth is trivial
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Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: variance (3 vs 4) - Hidden story branches and twists drive first playthroughs
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Turn-based menus, no dexterity needed
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Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: optimization (5 vs 6) - Once solutions are known the game is fully solved
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Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: variance (3 vs 4) - Truth is hidden until you uncover contradicting datachunks
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Exploration is gentle; no motor challenge anywhere
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Somnium object interactions have minor timing windows
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Both lean on execution about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: optimization (5 vs 6) - Machine puzzles have single fixed solutions to deduce.
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Both lean on reads about the same (0 vs 0). Biggest difference: execution (0 vs 1) - Point-and-click inputs only
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- Released
- 2020
- Developer
- Placeholder Gameworks
- Platforms
- PS4, Linux, Android, PC, Mac, XONE, Switch
- Modes
- Single player
- IGDB critics
- 75/100
- IGDB users
- 77/100